Child Welfare Therapist

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**Essential Functions**

• Responds promptly to crisis situations, documents critical incidents
  
  

and is available, as needed, to clients

• Provides at least 60 hours of in-home therapy per calendar month or
  
  

a number of hours as determined by contract needs

• Facilitates an initial meeting with the client and the referral
  
  

source, as appropriate, within the required time frames

• Engages and works in partnership with the client to complete the
  
  

initial comprehensive assessment, including a mental status exam,

resulting diagnosis based on the most recent Diagnostic and

Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

• Develops treatment plan goals and objectives in conjunction with the
  
  

client

• Provides individual, family and/or group counseling as appropriate
  
  

to client need

• Functions as a client advocate and liaison with other community
  
  

services

• Monitors client progress and service provision using the established
  
  

tools, and updates treatment plans based on those assessments

• Maintains the client case record, documenting all client and
  
  

collateral contacts in a timely manner in the electronic medical

record

• Completes discharge summaries and aftercare contacts according to
  
  

agency policy

• Provides written and verbal progress reports to referring entities
  
  

within required time frames

• Works cooperatively with other program staff to ensure seamless,
  
  

effective services

• Participates in regular clinical supervision
• Travel to home-based therapy may require the employee to be able to
  
  

regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business

locations throughout the day including early morning or evening

hours

• Decisions are made on guidelines provided by the supervisor, program
  
  

standard procedures and policies, evidence-based practice model and

DCCCA organizational policies

• Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family within 24 hours of
  
  

referral; facilitates initial family meeting within 48 hours of

referral; completes assessment-based case plan within in 20 days of

referral and case closure within 4-6 weeks of referral

• Completes and analyzes initial and on-going family assessments
  
  

related to safety, stability and well-being, including mental

health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social and physical

well-being, parenting and parent-child relationships

• Utilizes assessments to develop the case plan in partnership with
  
  

child/ren and family; makes community referrals as necessary

• Builds therapeutic relationships for conflictual relationships,
  
  

including domestic violence and parent child conflicts, crisis

intervention and stabilization

• Provides education, and/or intervention, related to sexual abuse,
  
  

domestic violence, and substance abuse prevention

• Assesses child safety and risk, initially and ongoing, assisting the
  
  

family in developing a behaviorally specific safety plan and

monitoring for child safety

• Meets with the family, in the home, at least two to three times per
  
  

week

• Meets monthly with each child individually
• Available to assigned families 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to
  
  

mitigate immediate child safety concerns and stabilize family crisis

and assess the family\'s needs

• Documents case information, including court reports, emails and
  
  

activities weekly

• Completes and submits timely court reports
• Appears and testifies in court as required
• Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities
• Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families,
  
  

community partners and peers

• Completes evidence-based practices activities as appropriate
  
  

Please note this description is not designed t cover or contain a

comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that

are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and

activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Candidates must successfully complete pre-employment drug screening,

background screening, a fingerprint-based records search, and reference

checks. Continued employment is contingent upon annual background

screening and participation in an ongoing random drug and alcohol

testing program.

DCCCA is a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. This position is

considered a safety-sensitive position.

• DCCCA, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all
  
  

employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color,

religion, national origin, sex, age, gender, disability, genetics, or

any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of DCCCA to

comply with all federal, state, and local laws concerning the employment

of women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans, and

to act in accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in every location in which

DCCCA has facilities. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring,

placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of

absence, c*